Goggles



Feb. 2, 1932. w, c, SUTTON 1,843,847

GOGGLES Filed Feb. 18 1950 ATTORNEY or the skin.

Patented Feb. 2, 1932 1W A1LTER 6'. when, or oLnvELAivn Emeline, OHIOGoeetns Ap ncatio fiid l EebruarYIS, 930. Serial memes.

This invention relates to goggles.

lt has b'een thepractice top'rovide goggles for, the protection of theeyes during-treat ment by the suns rays, either artificial or nat-iv i5ural, in which the goggles are provided with 1 a smoke-colored glass toeliminate certain rays'ofthe sun and such goggles are provided with asuitable backingwhich covers a por-.

tion of the face surrounding-the eyes, By a 10 this means the portionsof the face beyond the backing of the goggles are tanned, whilethe'portion which is protectedhas its normal color, thereby leavingclear cutidivisions be; tween the tanned and the untanned portions Itis-an object 'ofthe present invention to provide goggles having portionsextending from the usual'eye pieces that willpermitj the passage of thesuns rays to the skin whereby the untanned portions will merge or blend7 into the tanned portions and thereby leavev no line of demarkation.

A further object of the invention is the pro vision of a goggle havingamask including 5 eye-pieces which are embracedbysuitable materialhaving perforations so arranged to permit the passage of sunlight thatthe tanning eifect during exposure tothe suns rays will cause a blendingbetween the tanned and maybe progressively stepped in thickness in orderto provide for the gradual blending, it also being possible to serratethe edges of the material in such a manner that the blending maybe'accomplished." v I This' invention will be best understood from aconsideration of the following detailed description, in view of the"acconi= panying drawings forming a part of the specification;nevertheless it is to be understood'that the invention is not confinedtothe disclosure, being susceptible of such changes and modificationswhich shall defineno mate} rial departure-from-the salient features ofthe invention as expressed in the appended claims- In the drawings"; v jc A Figure. 1 is a-view in elevation of a pair of goggles construct-edin accordance with the principles of my invention,

' invention shown in elevation, and

taken alongthe line 66 of Figure 5.

untanned portions of the skin or'the material FigureQ is a partialvertical sectiontaken along the line 2- 2 of Figure 1, t

' Figure 3*is'a fragmentary view irrelevati'on showing a modifiedformof'the goggle, Figure 4; is a partial vertical section taken alongthe'line 4'4 of Fig. 3', 1 Figurefi is a'further modified form of the"Figure 6 is a" partial horizontal section Referring -more particularlyto the drawings, 10'- desiig nates a mask or shield formed preferablyofflexible material such'as leather or fabric and which h as'its'oppositeends,as

shown at 11 and 12, enlarged to embrace'the eyes and extend beyond thecontour of the eyes; A reduced portion'13 connects the portlons 11 and12 together and is bridge the nose of dreamer The materi'alis provldedW1 sages in which aremounted casings 141.to reh a pair of pas l adaptedto ceive fglass'plates 15 which conform' to the shape ofthe casing andthese glasses may be either a well known smoke type or they may P becolored for the purpose of eliminating certain rays of thesunor of alamp which pro:

duces artificialsunlight. If desiredtheimem bers 15 may beformed ofopaque material.

The edges of the shield 10 are serrated and 5 it will bejnoted that theserrations 16 at the widest portion of the shield are longerandmoreextensive thanthe' serrations 17 at the reduced portion. It will befurther noted that the'reduction in size betweenthe serra tions 16and'17 is gradual, for a purpose which wi'll be presently explained; v Acordor rubf her, or any other suitable element, as shown at 18, isprovidedand has its ends received with in'p rforations 19 within thesections llran'd '12 ofr the shield for the purpose of securing thegoggles tothe head .ofthe wearer.

It will bel noted bythis construction whenthe goggleshave been appliedtojthe head of'the wearer and saidwearer is exportions of thesk-in andthose portions which are completely covered by the material of theshield.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be seen that amodified form of the device is disclosed in which ashield 20 is formedof leather, fabric, or any suitable ma-, terial, and is provided with aplurality of perforations 21, 22, which are so arranged that theperforations 21 are spaced closer together than the perforations 22which are near the frame 23 of the eye-piece 24.

The portion 25 of the shield which bridges the nose is reduced in amanner similar to that shown at 13 in Figure 1', while the outer ends ofthe material are enlarged to completely cover not only the eyes butportions of the skin embracing the eyes. r

A cord 26 is secured, at 27, to the opposite ends of the shield 20 forattaching the goggles to the head of the wearer.

The periphery of the-entire shield is serrated, asshown at 28, andco-operates with the perforations 21 and 22 for causing a gradualblending of the untanned portions of the skin into the tanned portions.It will be noted that the perforations 22 gradually increase in numberand in a definite arrange ment from the periphery of the casing 23towards the periphery. of the outer ends ofthe shield. 7

Referring more particularly to Figs. 5 and 6, it will be seen thatafurther modified form of the invention is disclosed. In this form thecasing 30, which receives the eye-piece 31, is set in a perforation andsecured to the material which forms theshield 32. This shield is made offabric of a definite thickness and is formed in layers which areprogressively stepped. The inner section 33 of the shield is formed ofthin fabric which will permit a predetermined quantityof light rays topass through and for affecting the skin of the wearer. The second layer34 is placed upon the top of the inner layer and has its peripheryspaced from the periphery of the section 33 so that only a portion ofthe section is exposed while another portion in connection with thesection 34: forms a double layer which will increase the amount ofsunlight passing through the exposed portion of the section 33. Twoother layers 35 and 36 are disposed in superimposed relation upon thesection 34% and are smaller in area than the section 34 while thesection 36 has less area thanthe section 35. By this construction itwill beseen from Fig. 6 that four layers of the fabric are includedwithin the section 36 while three and two layers, respectively, areincluded within the exposed portions of the sections 35 and 34;. V

A cord or similar device 37 is connected to the outer end of theshield32 for securing a pair of goggles to the head of the wearer.

It is well known that the invisible rays of the sun, known asultra-violet rays, are particularly beneficial to human beings and it isthese rays which cause the tanning of the skin when the skin is soexposed. During the application of the ultra-violet rays goggles areworn due to the fact that portions of the goggles embracing the eyepieces do not transmit ultra-violet rays, the skin remains light incolor while the surrounding portions are tanned. The material describedin the present case and which embraces the various transparent members15, 24 and 31 do not transmit theultra-violet rays but passages areprovided in the material which will transmit the ultra-violetrays, andthese passages increase in number and in area from the outer peripheriesof the material towards the transparent members so that the areas ofexposure of the skin to light rays will increase gradually from thetransparent member towards the periphery of the material. In

other words, the openings are progressively restricted in number andsize so that the exposure of the skin to the light rays willbe graduallyrestricted.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a mask for the eyesformed of a strip of material, semi-transparent members carried by themask and disposed in line with the pupils of the eyes of the wearer, thematerial gradually increasing in thickness from the periphery towardsthe semi-transparent members for progressively decreas ing the quantityof light rays passing through the mask from the periphery towards thecenter.

2. A device of the character described comprising a mask for the eyesformed of a strip of material and provided withspaced openings,semi-transparent members carried by the mask and received Within theopen ings, said material being provided with means for causing a gradualincrease of light rays passing through the mask from points adjacent thesemi-transparent portions towards the periphery of the mask.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a mask for the eyesformed of a strip of material, semi-transparent members carried by themaskand disposed in line with the eyes of the wearer, the material beingprovided with restricted openings, gradually increasing in number from"points adjacent the semi-transparent lmembers towards the periphery ofthe mask.

i. A, device of the characterdescribed, comprising a mask for the eyesformedof a strip of material, semi transparent members carried by themask anddisposed in line with the eyes of the wearer, the material beingprovided with serrations Whichgradually increase 1n wldth as saidserrations approach the semi-transparent members.

WALTER o. SUTTON.

